Spec me 4k Gaming please

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Hi,
Going to lose my office soon, to help with the transition I thought I would see how much a 4k gaming machine might cost and get some advice. I am currently running a core 2 duo 3ghz @ 3.6 ghz, 5850 and 4Gb of RAM so its probably needed.

The main aim is to play on a 24" 16:10 monitor, but also to link up to my 55X8505B, I am hoping it will take the place of a next gen console, get a pad (PS3/4) for it etc.

I am planning on buying the parts monthly over a period of time or credit card it. I have a case(Lian Li A05), have always used Intel for processors for the last 10+ years, prefer single g-cards to avoid xfire, sli issues. Want to play games like, GTAV + mods, skyrim + mods, LoL, cities skylines, so quite demanding.

Anyone got advice on this, is the cost going to put me?
 
Titan X is pretty much the only GPU that will make a decent fist of 4k at the minute, so there's £900 straight off the bat. 980ti will come soon and is a cut down Titan so that could be enough, expect anywhere from £550-£650 for one of those.

Is 24" big enough for 4k?
 
To be honest without going XFire or SLI you won't be playing 4K at max settings, so that means Titan X, or wait for 980Ti on mid settings at 4K

EDIT: As above :D
 
thanks for the responses, I don't think I can stretch to those prices for the g-card.

The monitor is 1920x1200 Dell cheapo job, its the 55" TV that does 4k

So if I grabbed a 290, and maybe latter another 290 would this run 4k, is there a standard I need to adhere to?

Has anyone run a PC game through the resolution above and let the TV upscale it? Hoe does it look?

With steam big picture mode and a decent gamepad (ps3/4 is what I am used to) does it feel like a console replacement?
 
To be perfectly honest I'd wait until June/July time (more likely June) when the new AMD cards get released. They'll likely have 6-8GB VRAM which'll be nice for 4K
 
Pish said:
thanks for the responses, I don't think I can stretch to those prices for the g-card.

The monitor is 1920x1200 Dell cheapo job, its the 55" TV that does 4k

So if I grabbed a 290, and maybe latter another 290 would this run 4k, is there a standard I need to adhere to?

Has anyone run a PC game through the resolution above and let the TV upscale it? Hoe does it look?

With steam big picture mode and a decent gamepad (ps3/4 is what I am used to) does it feel like a console replacement?
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I will be happy to help.

What is it you are looking for? Just a tower to play games (no OS, keyboard etc)?

I have just looked at your TV specs and I see it has HDMI input, so with that I dont see how you can get a 4K image from the HDMI output from a GFX card that doesnt have HDMI2.0 output which includes the 290 and 290X.
 
I'd say for a single GPU then either a 980ti or 390X will be ok if you plan on using a Gsync of Free sync display as this will help to smooth out any low FPS dips. Does your TV support 4k 60hz?
 
I don't think my TV does 4k @ 60Hz, from the website;
"3840 x 2160/24p (HDMI 2/3) YES
3840 x 2160/25p (HDMI 2/3) YES
3840 x 2160/30p (HDMI 2/3) YES
4096 x 2160/24p (HDMI 2/3) YES"

It would seem its the g-card with HDMI 2.0 I need to wait for, the 290 says it does 4k but I cant find anywhere that its running on HDMI 2.0, just forum posts saying it does not.

I don't think I would mind 30fps, trying to push for 4k & 60 fps means I would probably end up spending a lot

the other option would be to output @ 1080 and let the TV upscale, I guess hooking up my current rig and play a game on it first to see what the scaling looks like? this way I can build the rest of the rig slowly and wait until the new g-cards are out.
 
that Tv will max out at 30hz nothing you can do about it.

If your only going for 30hz a 290X / 970 / 980 will all do that.
 
I prob wont be getting any new gen of cards unless its some crazy deal, now or in jun/jul, so maybe running 1080 with as many bells and whistles would be the way to go, can always show off/try 4k, its just switching a hdmi port

in regards to the 30Hz, in 4k, maybe running some of the TV's motionflow/cinemamotion/insertnextnamehere would make it smoother, if a little less responsive?
 
No chance, trying to game on that TV is gonna feel as sluggish as a swamp. I think for a 1080p build that runs well you're probably looking to spend about a grand.
 
Pish said:
I prob wont be getting any new gen of cards unless its some crazy deal, now or in jun/jul, so maybe running 1080 with as many bells and whistles would be the way to go, can always show off/try 4k, its just switching a hdmi port

in regards to the 30Hz, in 4k, maybe running some of the TV's motionflow/cinemamotion/insertnextnamehere would make it smoother, if a little less responsive?
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Tbh when the nvidia drivers were screwing up and only letting me do 30hz on my monitor even the desktop felt sluggish. Tbh even the wife noticed and she knows nothing about pc's
 
Setting yourself a budget would help. Then we can spec you the appropriate parts. Otherwise all anyone can say is to just get the best hardware money can buy.
 
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